ajanantah -- not knowing; prati-vidhim -- counteraction; tushnim -- silent; asan -- remained; sura -- of the demigods; isvarah -- the lords; tatah -- then; vaikuntham -- to Vaikuntha, the kingdom of God; agamat -- he came; bhasvaram -- luminous; tamasah -- darkness; param -- beyond; yatra -- where; narayanah -- Narayana; sakshat -- directly visible; nyasinam -- of sannyasis; paramah -- the Supreme Lord; gatih -- goal; santanam -- who are peaceful; nyasta -- who have renounced; dandanam -- violence; yatah -- from which; na avartate -- one does not return; gatah -- having gone.

The great demigods could only remain silent, not knowing how to counteract the benediction. Then Lord Siva reached the luminous realm of Vaikuntha, beyond all darkness, where the Supreme Lord Narayana is manifest. That realm is the destination of renunciants who have attained peace and given up all violence against other creatures. Going there, one never returns.